Operating mechanism for washing-machines.



G. N. MEVBS.

OPERATING MECHANISM FOR WASHING MACHINES.

APPLIUATIOH nun MAY 9,1910.

Patented Mar. 21, 1911.

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G. N. MEVES.

OPERATING MECHANISM FOR WASHING MACHINES.

APPLIUATION IILBD MAY E1910.

Patented Mar. 21, 1911.

7 66 mounted in a suitable bearing GUSZLLV NH'HEVEB. OI" DAVENPORT, IOWA.

OPERATING MECHANISM iOB WABHINGJYAOHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed my 9, 1910. Serial No. 500,873.

To all whom it may conccm:

Be it known that .I, Gos'rav N. Mnvns, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of; Daren ort, in the county of Scott .and, State of own, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Operating Mechanism for ashin'g-Mhchines; and do hereby declare that the followin 1's :1 full, clear and exact description t ereof, reference ing had to the accompanying drawin and to the characters of reference inarke thereon, which form a part of this specification. 4

This invention relates to improvements in motor driven operatingmechanisms for washing and like machines of that class embodying a main operating or stirrer head shaft to which is mparted arotary recip-, rocatory motion, and relates also to mechanism associated with the operatin mechanism for the main operatin aha or elementfor operating a secon a operating shaft or element, such as them ler shaft or shafts of a wringer mounted on or associatedwith the washing machine.

The inventionconsists in the matters hereinafter set forth a? more particularly pointed out in the ap nded' claims.

:In the drawings, igure 1 is a vertical sectionel'vi'ew of a washing machine and its wrating mechanism, taken outline 1-1 of .ig. 2.' Fig. 2 is a plan viewfthereofl-with parts shown in sect on, F 3 is an 'en-. urged sectional view of the riving and reversing-gear mechanism for the w r or other secondary opera element. ig. 4 is a detail of the means or connecting the rocker actuating pitmanwith the gear wheel which 'ves motion to the same.

As 5 own inthe drawings, theitub 1s providedwith the usual awl lid-Hand 1s supported'on the legs 12, w latter are connected by the horizontal frame members 13, 13. The swinging lid 'is hinged 'by, hinges 14 to the fixed or non-ris ng portion 15 of thetnb top. Extending downwardly through the swinging lid is an operating shaft 17 ca ing at its lower end,.within the tub, a stu'rer head. 18. Said shaft is sleeve or bushing 20, carried by the lid, and.

the shaft carries at ltsn'p'per' en'd'a pinion 21',which meshes with a f toothed element or sectorflfi't-ha'tis 'v lmount- ,5 oil on a stud 23 which is to t e'upper end of a 'standard24 thit'rises from, and

may be made integ here 13. Fixed to sai tive the dasher carried afterthe mechanism is sta r g andto' relieve the reversible parts of shocks plate 25' of thehearmg sleeve 20; t 26 desilgnatcs a horizontal driving shaft beneath t is tub that is mounted, in bearings 27, 27 carried by two 0 posits frame memdrivin shaft is a peripherally grooved fly whee 28 that is connected b a belt 29 with the grooved pine shaft of an electric motor 31 ion 80 on mounted on the frame members 18, whereby the drivin shaftis driven.' A beveled into one end of said driv aft mahes with a beveled gear wheel83'that is fixed to the lower end of an 'upri ht shaft 34 located at one side of the tub an mounted in upper and lower bearings 35, 35 fixed .to the side of the tub and t underframe o the adja'ent member 18.

36 desi nates a beveledinion which is fixed to t e upper end of e shaft '34 and which meshes with a beveled gear wheel 37 that is fixed to one end of o horizontally arran d sha'ftfi38. The latter shaft is rotamounted at one end in a bearing 39 whic as shown, is made into al with the bearing 35 of the shaft 34, an is mounted at its other end in a bearing 40 carried by or-made integral with a su porting frame 41 which is attached to the upper side of the tab at the rear side of the machineand extends laterally therefrom. The gear wheel 37 is connected to the me sector '22 by a pitman 43 which is pivots. connected at its otter end with a stud fixed eccentrically ,t the gear wheel 87 and is pivotally connected atits inner end :tud 45 fixed cccentrically to the rockin'gsec- The motor rotates the drivingshaft and the shaft 84 continuously inthe same direc-.

tioii', thereby continuous rotation to the gear whee 3 of said 'gear wheel is translated, through the medium of the pitman 43 and the rocking sector 22', into rotary reciprocatory Inotionofjthe operat' o'r d'a'sher shaft "and said shaft. The'xnomentum of the fly w eel28 servcstoasmst the actuatiomof the opera mechanism in motion,

and jars at their ts-of reversal.

' Patented Mar. 21, 1o11.'

ml with, the attaching 7. The continuous rotation In order that the lid may be back-o wardly to openlthe. tab, the imam-43 is shown as detachaby connect to the stud '44 -of the gear whee 3-7., For this purpose,

as shown in Fig. 4, the said pitman may be formed at its outer end with a downwardly opening hook 52 which adapted to engage over the stud44, and in one eg or member of said hook is mounted a ring pressed stud 53 which yieldinflv hol s. the pitman enga d with said stu but permits it to be readi detached therefrom.

Re errin now to the drivin connections by which t e wringer 55, or 0 er auxiliary device, may be driven from the main operat ing mechanism, the same are shown as made as follows: Said wringer is mounted in any suitable manner on a fixed or non'rising part of the tub top at one side of the machine. The shafts ,56, 56 of the wringer rollers 57, 57 are geared together. b intermeshin pinio'ns 58, 58 mounted on t e'shaft ends. 0 up r shaft is rovided at one end just outsi e of its adjacent pinion 58 with a large ar wheel 59 that meshes with a pinion 60 ed to a horizontal'intermediate shaft 61 that is mounted in bearings 62, 63 extending upwardly from the supporting frame 41 before referred to. The inner en of said shaft 61 may also be mounted in a bearing sleeve 64 carried by the adjacent portion of the wringer frame. Said shaft 61 carries near .its middle portion a pair of opposin loosely mounted, beveled .pinions 65 whi mesh with a pinion 66carried by the rear end of theshaft 38. The pinions 65 are held from endwise displacement on the shaft 61 by means of notched lugs 67, 67 on the frame 41 which" engage annular flanges 68, 68 on the hubs of said pinions. The said pinion 66 remains in constant mesh with the pinions 65, 66 and rotate the latter continuously during the o ration of the operating mechanism. Sai latter inions 65, 65 are normally loose on the sha 61 so that normally no motion is communicated to the wringer rollers. Means are provided, as

follows for se arately clutchi said pinions to the shaft 61 whereby fie wringer rollers may be rotated or ools at are splined to and slide longiside of the air of inions'65. Said collars are provide at their inner ends with angularly separated clutch teeth 76 that are adapted to interlock with, like arranged clutch teeth 71 on the outer ends of the hubs of the. pinions 65. The collars are also provided with annular grooves 72, 72 which are enga by the lower rounded ends of swin evers 74, 74 that are pivoted at 75 to arms 6,76 which rise upwardl from the supporting frame 41 at one side 0 the shaft 61 and are turned'inwardly at their u per 4 ia-vsocket member 88 adapte hand lever. by which to operate the machine ends oversaid shaft. The upper en s of the levers are pivotedto a horizontally arranged link 77,.which latter is pivotall connected at 78 to a shipping lever 9. Sai shipthe mo mot-ionjis communicated to the, wringer either forwardl or backward] ;69, 69 designate clutch co lars sha eamasc ping lever 79 is mounted to swing on a pivot Ocarried by the upper end of a su porting arm 81 which rises upwardly from t e frame 41 at one side thereof, the upper end of said arm being turned inwardly over the shaft 61. The lever is locked in ad usted positions by means of a s ring ressed lockmgpawl 83 carried them y with the notches84 of a notched sector 85 which extends between the lever supplorting' arms 76. The said arms 76, 7,6 and t e arm 81, as well as the notched sector 85, may be made' integral parts of the supporting frame 41 and are herein shown as so made.

by swinging the shipping lever 79 to one or. the other limits of its movement oneof the clutch collars 69 is shifted into-clutching engagement with the hub of the adjacent pinion 65 to lock said pinion to the shaft to rotate the wrin r rol ers in one direction, and the other e utch collar is shifted away from its associated pinion 65. By swin g the shipping lever 79. to one or the other imits of its movement, the wringer rollers may 1 be rotated in either a forwarder backward direction, as desired. When the shipping apted for engagement lever 79 occu ies its central or neutral 0S1- tion both ch ch collars are disengaged om hubs of the pinions 65, andat this time rollers. The latter position is the position occupied by the ,clutch collars when the operatln or dasher shaft is being actuated throu the medium of the driving mechanism ascribed and when the wringer is not in use. When it is desired-to operate the wringer independently of the o crating or dasher shaft, the pitman 43 is reconnected 'from the gear wheel 37, at which time the pitma-n may be thrown hackwardlynway from the rocking sector on the side thereof opposite to athe gear wheel 37. The pitman in the inoperative osition-demeans of a spr ng be he] b lhtch 87 of an suita le arrangement at one side of the The dasher shaft 17 constitutes the prima -operating shaft or element and the 56, 56 of the wri r rollers constitute secondary operating 1 fts or elements which are ada ted to be operated either independently o the f.pgmary operatin shaft or element or toge therewith. ile I have shown my invention as embodi in a combined washing machine andwringer operatingmechanism it may, obviously, be applied w, other machines where a similar combination of main and secondary elements are to be driven in the general manner here in set forth v 'I'Ehe :gear sector 22 may be rovided with to receive a in case the' 'inotor 81 should for any reason ea'agaeea I should not be available. Iii-the event thus operating the machine by hand power, the wringer would be disconnected therefrom. The wringer may be separately operated by hand by the use of a hand crank (not shown) arranged to be engaged with the squared end 89 of one of the shafts of the wringer rollers, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

1 It will be observed that the reversing ear mechanism for the wringer is locate in conyenient access to the usual or normal position of a person using the machine and the wringer, so that the same-may be 'ad- 5 justed without the necessity of the operator moving from her usual position. It will als be observed that the motor driven o erat n mechanism is an exceedingly simp e and e cient oneandis economical to adapt 26 to the machine and occupies but little space thereon.

It is to'be understood that the structural details of the mechanism may be somewhat varied within the see of the invention,

source of euer 2a and will be so varied in adapting the same .to different kinds of machines. he invention is not limited to such details, therefore, except as hereinafter made the subject of specific claims. at? I claim as my inventions- 1. Operating mechanism for washin machines and the like comprising, in com aination with a body, an operating shaft capable of rotary reciprocatory motion, an uprightshaft at he side of the body, a motor arranged beneath the body and operatively connected to the upright shaft to drive the latterin one direction and a reversing gear mechanism operativelv connectin the up- 40' per end of said uprig t shaft witi the opcrating shaft at a point above said body for imparting rotary reciprocatory motion to said operating shaft.

2. Operating mechanism for washing)machines and the like comprising, in com ination' with a body, an operating shaft capable of rotary reciprocatory motion, a motor driven sh ft beneath the body, a fly wheel on'said latter shaft, an upright shaft at the side of the body, gears connecting the lower end of the upright, shaft with the motor driven shaft to drive the upright shaft in one directiomhnd a'reversing gear mechanism1 smraave1y connecting the upper end of said upright shaft with shaft at a point above said body for imparting rotary reciprocatory motion to said opcrating shaft. V 3. Operating mechanism for washing machines and thelike comprising, in combination with a body. an operating shaftcapable of rotary reciprocatory motion, a horizontal motor 'd'riven shaft mounted beneath said body, a fly wheel on said latter shaft, an upright shaft at the side of said body the operating operatively geared at its lower end to the motor driven shaft, a inion on the operating shaft above said od a rocking gear sector meshing with said pinion and operative connections between said rocking sector and the upper end of the upright shaft, arranged to impart rotary reciprocatory motionto the operating shaft.

4. Operating mechanism for washing inachines and the like comprising, in .combina- 7 tion with a body, an operating shaft capable of rotary reciprocatory motion, a horizontal motor driven shaft mounted beneath said body, a fiy wheel mounted on said latter shaft, an upright shaft at the side of said body operatively geared at its lower end to the motor driven shaft, a pinion on the operating shaft above said body, a rocking gear sector'meshing with said pinion, a pinion fixed to the upper end of said upright shaft, a gear wheel meshing therewith and a pitman operatiw-ly connecting said gear wheel with said gear sector,

Operating mechanism for washing machines and the like comprising, in combination witha body, an operating shaft capable of rotary reciprocatory motion, a horizontally arraugeddrivin shaft beneath the body, a fly wheel on sai shaft, amotor beneath the body operatively connected to the fly wheel to drive said shaft, an upright shaft at one side of the body, gears connecting the lower end of said upright shaft with the motor driven shaft to drive the upright shaft in one direction, and a reversing l gear mechanism operatively connecting t enpper end of said upright shaft with the operating shaft at a point above said body for imparting rotary reciprocatory motion to said operating-shaft.

6. Operating mechanism for washing and like machi'nes comprising, in combination with a body, a primary operating shaft mounted therein, an upright shaft at the side of the body, a motor mounted beneath the body for rotatingsaid shaft, a secondary operating shaft, and means for connecting the upper end of said upright shaft with said rimary and secondary shafts, arrange to impart simultaneous or inde endent driving motion to said primary an secondary shafts,

7 Operating mechanism for washing and 7 like machines comprising, in combination with a body, a primary 0 eratingshaft mounted therein, an upright shaft at the side of the body, a motor mounted beneath the body for rotating said shaft, a secondary operating shaft and means for conmeeting the upper end of said upright shaft with said primary and secondary shafts arranged to impart simultaneous or independent motion to said primary and secondary shafts, embodying, me ns torotate the secondary shaft in oppo be directions.

8. Operating mechanism for washing and like machines comprising, in combination with a body, a primary operating shaft mounted therein, an upright shaft at the side of the body, a motor mounted beneath the body for rotating said shaft, a secondary operating shaft mounted above said body, an intermediate shaft geared to the secondary operating shaft, a pair of oppos ing pinions loosely mounted on said intermediate shaft and provided with means for separately locking them to their shaft, a third pinion meshing with said pair of pinions, and means for o eratively connecting the up er end of sai upright shaft with said third pinion and the primary operating shaft.

9. Operating mechanism for washing and like machines comprising, in combination with a body, a primary operating shaft mounted therein, an uprightshaft at the side of the body, a motor mounted beneath the body for rotating said shaft, a secondary operating shaft mounted above said body, an intermediate shaft geared to the secon ary operatin shaft, a pair of opposing pinions loosely mounted on said intermediate shaft, connected clutches on the termediate shaft for separately locking said pinions to their shaft, and arranged when in a neutral position to disconnect both of said pinions, means for operatin said clutches, a third pinion meshing wit said pair of pinions, and means for operatively connecting the upper end of the u right shaft with said thi pinion and sai primary operating shaft.

10. Operating mechanism for washing and like machines comprising, in combination with a body, a primary operatin shaft mounted therein, an upright shaft at t e side of the body, a motor mounted beneath the body for rotating said shaft, a secondary operating shaft mounted above said-body, an intermediate shaft geared to the secondary operating shaft, a pair of opposing pinions loosely mounted on said intermediate shaft and provided withmeans for separately locking them to their shaft, a pinion on the upper end of the upright shaft, a gear wheel meshing therewith and operatively connected to said primary operating shaft, a horizontal shaft, a pinion on the horizontal shaft meshing with said latter gear wheel and a second pinion on said horizontal shaft meshing with said opposing pair of pinions. e

11. Operating mechanism for washing and like machines comprising, in combination with a body, a primary operating shaft.

mounted therein, an upright shaft at the side of the body, a motor mounted beneath the body for rotating said shaft, means for operativcly connecting the upper end of the upright shaft with said primary operating shaft, a pair of seconda o erat' shafts geared together, an ter ihedia ife shaft geared to one of the secondary 0 rating shafts, a shaft operativel connecte at one end with the upper end 0 said upright shaft and provided at its other end with aring for operatively connecting it with said intermediate shaft to drive the latter and a clutch mechanism associated with the latter gearing for connecting the intermediate shaft with and disconnecting it from the shaft which drives the same.

1'2. Operating mechanism for washin machines and e nation with a body, a primary operating shaft capable of rotary reciprocatory motion, a motor driven shaft beneath the body, a fly wheel on said latter shaft, an upright shaft at the side of the body, are connecting the lower end of the u rig t shaft with the motor driven shaft to rive the upright shaft in one direction, a reversing gear mechanism operatively connectin the upper end of said upright shaft with t e primary operating shaft at a point above imparting rotary reciprocatory motion to said operating shaft, a secondar operating shaft, and operative connections tween the upper end of said u ri ht-shaft and said secondary operating aft.

13. Operatin mechanism for, wash' machines and t e like comprising, in combination with a body, an operating shaft ca able of rotary reciprocatory motion, a pinion on said shaft, :1 toothed element meshing with said pinion, means by which to removably attach a hand device to said toothed element to actuate the operatin shaft by hand power, a motor beneath the ody, gearing driven by said motor and adapted to be operatively connected to said toothed element to actuate the operating shaft by motor ower and means whereby the said gearing is connected to said toothed element, arranged also to disconnect the toothed element from the gearing to permit the toothed element to be operated by hand power. I

14. Operatin mechanism for washing machines andt 1e like comprising, in comblnation with a body, an operating shaft capable of rotary reciprocate? motion, a pin- 1011 on said shaft, a toothe rocking sector meshing with said pinion, means for removably attaching thereto a hand device, a motor driven shaft below said body, an upright shaft at the side of said body geared at its lower end to said motor driven shaft and operative connections between the rocking sector and thenpper end of said upright shaft, said 0 erative connections embracin a part that is releasable to disconnect sai said body for.

like comprising, in combl- I upright shaft from the rocking sector to dperby a mit the operating shaft to be actuate hand power.

15. Operating mechanism for washing and like machines comprising, in combination with a body, a primary operating shaft, means whereby said shaft may be operated by hand power, motor driven means operatively connected to said primary operating shaft to drive the same, the o erative connections embracing means to re easably connect the same to the primary shaft, whereby said operative connections may be released from the primary shaft to permit the latter to be driven by hand ower, a secondary operating shaft provide with means whereby it may be operated by hand power and gearing between the motor driven means and said secondary shaft, embracing means to releasably connect the motor driven means to the secondary shaft, and to disconnect the motor driven means from the secondary shaft to permit the latter to be operated by hand power.

16. Operating mechanism for washing and like machines comprising, in combination with a body, a primary operatin shaft thereon, a pinion on said primary s aft, a

toothed element meshing with said pinion,

means whereby a handvdevice may be removably attached to said toothed element to operate the primer shaft by hand power, a motor below said body, gearing driven by said motor and operatively connected to said toothed element by means permitting the gearing to be disconnected from said toothed element to permit the primary shaft to be operated by hand power, a seconda operating shaft, and means for releasab y connectm said gearin with the secondary operating shaft to dr1ve the latter, whereby the secondary operating shaft may be driven simultaneously with or independently of the primary operatinlg shaft, as desired.

In testimony t at I claim the foregoing as my invention I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses, this second day of May A. D. 1910.

GUSTAV N. MEVES.

Witnesses:

D. J. MURPHY, Hose 0. Voe'r. 

